Book burning for literacy?

In his novel &#8220Fahrenheit 451,” author Ray Bradbury claims that &#8220451 degrees is the temperature at which book-paper catches fire and burns.” Those at the DeKalb Public Library are about to put his theory to the test. To kick off October's Big Read initiative - being held to increase literacy and reading - the library will host a book bonfire Sept. 29 in Hopkins Park. The motivation behind the event is this year's Big Read book, &#8220Fahrenheit 451,” a novel about a future in which books are illegal in the United States. Such efforts to increase literacy may seem drastic, but no need for alarm - the books to be ignited are &#8220publisher's discards,” which include misprints and books with misaligned pages that would ordinarily be